Great Granny Webster
Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood is a reprint edition published by New York Review of Books on June 30, 2002. This 128-page work, written in English, offers a unique perspective on the lives of eccentric aristocrats, blending elements of fiction, satire, and black humor. The narrative unfolds through the eyes of an orphaned teenage girl, revealing the gothic complexities and darkly humorous realities of aristocratic life.
Readers will encounter a vivid portrayal of Great Granny Webster, a formidable matriarch whose chilling presence dominates the lives around her. The book delves into themes of family life and the absurdities of privilege, presenting a macabre yet insightful family portrait. Blackwood’s distinctive style captures the intricacies of her characters and their environment, making this work a notable exploration of the interplay between wealth and dysfunction.
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize
The real-life Guinness heiress offers an inside look at the lives of eccentric aristocrats in this “masterful . . . macabre fairy-tale and blackly humorous family portrait” (Literary Hub).
This macabre, mordantly funny, partly auto-biographical novel reveals the gothic craziness behind the scenes in the great houses of the aristocracy, as witnessed through the unsparing eyes of an orphaned teenage girl. Great Granny Webster herself is a fabulous monster, the chilliest of matriarchs, presiding with steely self-regard over a landscape of ruined lives.
Great Granny Webster is Caroline Blackwood’s masterpiece. Heiress to the Guinness fortune, Blackwood was celebrated as a great beauty and dazzling raconteur long before she made her name as a strikingly original writer.
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